Fence-wire-fastening device.



w. E. AMBERQ' FENCE WIRE FASTENING DEVICE.

- APPLICATION FILE'D SEPTA}, I916.

Paqented Dec. 3, 1918 I 353., G15" EIEUIMMET-U,

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toning fencing to support and. is: one-- ciniiy adopted for usein'eonneeiaion with I ineizii posts. The invention iii giiified by thezombiniiiaioii nod ai'i'zingenieni of per 1e shown in theKfCOi'iipm1ying dinning and C ei-ii'ieii in the followingepeeiiiimibion, and ii; is 111M313pihfiliClliiiiy pointed out, in theapl iended eiziiins.

in the mowing- Figure 1 is ii pi-(n1 View of e moi ein iioiiy ing thepieeent inmniion;

Fig 2 is :i side elevation oi? the tooi eiii'iwn in. Fig, 1 and .ig. 3:3is a :Fingnnnioii'y perspective view of a portion of 1 lliQiliiiiGHCGpost and Wi es connected 'il ijlel'ki\\iilil showing the present in:vention applied thereto nniii indiwii'ing the n'ii-iziiim by which Hieinveniion in applied.

in modern ienee building}; ililC nn-t-Jini post woolly .omiie of steelangle here has no nanny zuii'onizigeo over the old wooden post hot it ienipidiy growing in po 'i'o]oi'ii m A L at Cioni oi Ciiiiieuity has beenex sowerienoeii i even in 'oi'oi'iiiing (1, device for i zieieni'og theienoo wires o the new metal poet. l-ii foeii-niog; iioi'ieo for {hispurpose eiioiiiii be rsino pie in ooi'istiootion and of email cost. tonew. ofnetui'e and SiKJUiKi iiioo be ensiiy iip iiiezibie Lo the poetand Wire with .wiiioii ii; iii eonnoeieii it should Qlirifl beabsolutely i-ini'e in its imiiiiilg quniiiies when once oppiied end noti-izioio to injure ziniomis or persons peso nezufiihe eoniplei'oiiiiills'ifl. The PIKE/Mill invention is deaf {nod to moot iii! the reqnii'einoni's above.

in the drawing the ninnei'ai l designates ii fence post made of on angleimi' oi steel having; ii series of oblong openi not} 2 punchedi1i'|,io1igz;ii one of its; Webs through which openings the fenee Wii'eini'eteneie pens 'iiiie no. n'n'iiciei (ieei imiien the siii'ni'ide ofwire \iiiieii. compose the 'JFWEK," to be seoinoii to the posi. 11*; @eeto ifne pooh ivii'e ope "Ni'iifii'l. miiolie one of the poet anti -i.-projecting; ihri'iu ggii the Jive then: one

E-Epeeiiieotion of'ioettei's Patent.

"no invent-ion 'lffiiiliiBS to (:zeviooefoi? iipy lioetion iii-edRemember E; 1916. iieiiel IN o. llikENii Li.

openings 2. ninei'i 1 iii dee no i iooi by "which aim enzn a n :eclenched in piece in ii peouiini" iozninoi' to be do" i'iiieifi The iooiconipi'ioez-i o imioi' inini'iio oi-lion i) which in boot iii; one enei,oe shown in. .iiig. to on form e iWi-SiHiP3i gi'i ipiiig PUifii'iOH Y.'ifiie g'gi'ipping;portio i, no SiiQWi'i in this iigui'e, is oii'set M?one me of the iiiooiiie f and the outer pioi' gg; 8 of the ii isi'onniieci on its outer surface, as shown tit 9 in i 'Tiihe :ncii e5 oithe inn 6 oppoeii'e eiio 1i i portion '7! \veiigiiesniziped. indieegithe fenoe in i pond:- iiooi eii, iiie prongs 4; oi the oiopiepioapirndin g iiiii'ongii the openings 53 in 'ifi poi 'iihe grip W "5portion '7 oi the tiiioi o pieced over one the prong" i, as shown in iiig. 2%, and the tool nioi'oi'i into the dotted POSiiZiOU indioziteii inthat figure. The out. vii portion 9 pin'niiiie the tool To roll eooiiyagainst the surface 80 oi the post into the poution shown in brokenlines in i 3? TiTiiii i'noi'oii'ieni', oeni as the i iniiipie into theoi'iope of on :H'C and iii'in go E1118 noini'ef the prong ng oinw-ii".the eui fziee o ,possso nmsii' that iron the who is being; seem-ed,editor one oi pi'oii 'o lien been bent in illie mannei to iiioFitiijili'lii pron which "oi then. iien; 1o. 11

Hiiliiiili inainnei. in the onpoe 1e iiii'eeiion. in on applying theixooi in the st: pie pro "he bent in iio one obtained ii if is noi; i feioi-ie to the post at the beginning? oi'iiho nniioineni oi the iooi in()ii'iljl' that iiili, simple may not be Liltflin so ii iiiiy ngoiiiethe wire on :ie io prevent iii'i IHOVGIHQHiL oi? "Hie wire through thestaple due to eoi'iti'neiion. and]. ex 'mnsion. ii'iien both pi-ooi n ofthe siiopie have been lieni; the :insiener wiii appeal as indicated atthe lower portion oi. i it we will be noted that the sharp ends oi. thesmpie are both bent into eimtaei; nii'fli the sni'fiiee oi the n soifhaii: ii iii iinpor'isibie for them in iniiioiz injury onlliiiiilllib-I 01 pee none. Wiiiflifi oiii ion g openinge il'ifli: o9ii, o lien indie iii. in. this ii ojii'e, iziiestuoie vonizeii ii: iii;eini'iliiiyeti v feet 'iiioi; iiie oi; n

oin i'oieiiiigg in the M70311 has m'it theapplication of r ployedgthefportionof the staple which en somewhat in-its opening-the ends of theprongs-f4: will nevertheless continue to bear against the surface of thepost and the fume-- tion ofthe device will 'in'no Waybe changed It issometimes desirable to use staples which. are sOn eWh' LLtWider than theopenings in the post ith-Which they cooperate. When this. is done thepoints 4 of thestaples are be'nttoward one another until they Will passthroughthe openings in the fence post. In such case it may be necessaryto open the prongs slightly after. they have been'passed through theposts before the, grippin pen tio'n"? of the tool 5 can be, applied.When this is necessary the Wedge portion 9 of the tool may be; forced beween the prongs of thestapl'e to open-them suilieiently to perp thegripping portion 7 When-this method or application isjemgages the'wirebeing Wider than the opening yvillprevent" any possibility of the staplehemg drawn into the opening a sufiicient'. amount to grip the wire' toprevent free 'sliding: movement, In'this case the prongs may I bentportion be bent oversufticientlyto draw the enlarged of the'stapletightly against the post. Y

i I claim; r

1. A fence wirestapling tool comprising a handleyand a staple engaginghead at one end of said handle; said head having slot therein arrangedtransversely of the direc-- tion of said handle; and open at the end'tliereofadj acent said handleand having also afeonVeLX-bearing surfaceextending parallel with said slot at the-side of said head opposite saidhandle: prising 'asmgleintegral flattened bar hav- 2. A stapling toolfor -Wll6 fences, coming one end thereof bent to form a U-shapedstapleiengaging'head oitset at one side-oi said bar-and having agripping slot formed by-the 'legs'of saidil extending at right anglesptothe main portion of said'bar, said slotibeingiopen at the end thereofadjacent said. barandthe. outer leg of said U-shaped head being roundedto form a convex sur- 50 face upon which said tool may be rotated tobend theprongs of the staple into holding position,

. i I 3. A stapling too-l ior wire fences comprising. an elongated'barhaving one end gthereoli bent-to form a ill-shaped staple-engagingheadotlset at one side of said bar and havingia gripping slot formed bythe legs of said U extending transversely to the naeeeee.

' face upon which said tool'muy be rotated to bend the prongs of thestaple into holding" position, said leg being of substantially uniformcross-section throughout and having the free end thereof term natingsubstantially in'ali'nenient with the face of the mainportion of saidbaron the side'opp'osite said head.

4. A fence wire stapling tool comprising an'elongated bar arranged toform a handle portion and having the end thereof bent to form a U-shapedstaple-engaging head oli'set at one side of said her and having the freeleg of the U provided with a convex bearing surfaceto form a fulcrummember for said tool during said stapling operation, said leg being ofsubstantially uniform cross-section throughout and substantially thesame length its-the opposite leg of :the' U, said head being arranged toform a staple-engam ing slot extending transversely to the handleportion of said bar, the Walls of said slot being flat and havingangular ed es for the width of said jaw faces being approximately. twiceas great as the width of the slot formed between them so that a stapleshank will be grasped by diag'onally opposite edges of saidjaws'whensaid handle is moved to tilt said jaws relatively to said shank, theslot between said jaws being open at one end thereofvto permitengagement and disengagement of .sa'id tool with the staple shank, andthe outer jaw having; the face thereof opposite said staple receivingslot rounded'to -form av rolling fulcrum at sub stantially right anglesto the handle about which said handle is tilted inbending a stapleshank. v In testimony whereof I have.signed my name to thisspecification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 23dday of August, A. D. 1916.

\VALTER E. All IBERG. Witnesses:

Gnn'rnUon M. BARNES, A. J. CRANE.

